Phajoding Monastery: Vaisravana and Heavenly Beings
Ink and color on cotton
毗沙門天王像
不丹
十六至十七世紀不丹唐卡，現藏於不丹廷布（Thimphu）法丘丁寺（Phajoding Gompa）。毗沙門天王為閻浮提北方之守護神，又稱多聞天王，能賜予福德，滿世間求取財富之願。
主尊毗沙門天居中，占據畫面主要部分。戴三葉高寶冠，圓形頭光外緣帶火焰紋，騎坐於獅背上。身穿戰袍，衣帶飄揚，右手持勝利幢，左手握吐寶獸，大眼圓睜，但面相溫和，不怒而威。其右側後方立有國王與皇后，帶圓形頭光，相對而視，畫中以此具權利地位之人，象徵王寶及后寶。八大馬王環繞天王四周，鳥頭士兵分列其中，呈現浩大的陣勢。畫面飽滿，色彩鮮明豐富，雲朵增添其凌空之勢。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z, page 741.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Phajoding Monastery: Vaisravana and Heavenly Beings." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z, vol. 16, 2016, pp. 741.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Graham Wilson, Manho, Mankuang, and Susan Huntington. 2016. "Phajoding Monastery: Vaisravana and Heavenly Beings" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z, 16:741.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Wilson, G., Manho, Mankuang, & Huntington, S.. (2016). Phajoding Monastery: Vaisravana and Heavenly Beings. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z (Vol. 16, pp. 741).
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